obama firing up the base at the democratic national convention. >>> michelle obama says the promises her husband made in his first term have proven difficult but asked voters to give him a second term. she is one of the speakers at the democratic national convention tuesday night. she says president obama is aware of and knows the struggles of everyday american. >> he believes that when you've worked hard and done well and walked through or walked through that doorway of opportunity, you do not slam it shut behind you. no, you reach back and you give other folks the same chances that help you succeed. >> cnbc's own chief washington correspondent john harwood joins us now from the dnc in charlotte. thanks for getting up to join us this morning. it's good to see you. >> good morning. >> tell us, did michelle obama score a political win, at least some points for her husband last night? >> reporter: absolutely she did. she gave a fantastic speech. it was well written, well delivered. she really made a values case for her husband that stood in counterpoint to the case for the republican n